For the last few months my wife got us into watching the show Bones on Netflix, we're somewhere in the midst of season 6 and I still have mixed feelings about it. It's one of those psuedo science shows like CSI that makes a reasonable effort to be intelligent so when it does misstep it's painful to behold but for the most part I think I like it but...

The main character is one of the least likeable characters I have ever seen ever. She's billed as "socially awkward" and they try to play her off as quirky and endearing but she's really just an emotionally stunted self-centered bitch. And that's me being nice about it.

The rest of the characters are all reasonably likeable though her boss (who was introduced in the second season) has degenerated from being a strong, no-nonsense type to making goofy faces and non sequiturs like a lost cheerleader which makes her attempts to assert authority now come across as laughable. Which is a shame because even thought I didn't exactly like her character (the head of the institute in season 1 was better IMO) I could at least respect her. Not sure how or when it happened but she's now a clown.

This was a week back, but it was pretty nice actually. It's available on Netflix and I got around it through pure boredom-browse-close-your-eyes-and-select-a-movie.

Some of the story will be corny, but it compensates with a beautiful plot line.

Summary:Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy - until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and takes off without a trace. Valentin leaves Mexico for Los Angeles to find the baby's mother, but only ends up finding a new home for himself and his newfound daughter, Maggie. An unlikely father figure, Valentin raises Maggie for six years, while also establishing himself as one of Hollywood's top stuntmen to pay the bills, with Maggie acting as his on-set coach. As Valentin raises Maggie, she forces him to grow up too. But their unique and offbeat family is threatened when Maggie's birth mom shows up out of the blue, and Valentin realizes he's in danger of losing his daughter- and his best friend.